Speedy Salt Lake Trip

We took a trip over to Salt Lake for a weekend. It was a long drive with these girls....and we did not have much time to relax but it was well worth it. Some of our best friends from Florida and from southern Utah were going to be in town on the same weekend! We couldn't pass up the opportunity of seeing them. It was such a great time!!!! I also loved being in SLC. We stayed downtown at the Little America Hotel (thanks for the recommendation Jared) and we had a blast. Adam ended up sick Sunday morning, with all the food we tried to eat (we have many favorite restaurants there) so I had to drive all the way home. :) Oh well.....I was happy to. It was so sad to see him laying down in the grass at the truck stop in Rawlins. Poor guy. Luckily, he recovered for work the next morning.

Charlotte pointed and said, "Look Mom, Joseph Smith!" I was so thrilled to see that my little girl knows who Joseph Smith is. She recognized him all by herself. It made me tear up a bit. :) Kids are so sweet!!!!!

The Joseph Smith memorial building is so beautiful. I love visiting this place. We ate at the restaurant and really enjoyed it. I also loved that I got to spend the evening with some of my dearest girlfriends from my days at Orange Coast College in Costa Mesa, CA. We were in the L.D.S. (Lambda Delta Sigma) sorority together.

Thanksgiving Point......now that I have kids, this was actually a pretty fun place to go. We chose to visit the Country Farm. I learned a lot about bugs while everyone else went on a hay ride.

Then we checked out the local In-N-Out. I cannot believe they are in Utah......how come they didn't have that when I was living there? So not fair. :) Anywho....it was D-licious!

Another thing I looked forward to on this trip was the first tasting of my friend's gourmet bake shop, "The Sweet Tooth Fairy." Words cannot describe how moist and flavorful these cupcakes were. I enjoyed the cake bites the most though. They were featured on Rachel Ray last year and I now "taste" why. ;) Way to go Megs!!!!!

Like Sisters

Sweet Mallory Jade

I was thrilled to find out that my Mom's-best friends'-daughter (childhood friend/sister) was coming through town. I was able to spend some time with her and her four beautiful and well behaved (I was impressed) children. We played a lot and stayed up WAY too late. (Even Donny needed his sisters' cat eyes mask to go to sleep one night....LOL) They enjoyed my cooking and I enjoyed their company!!! We love having visitors. Come back soon!!!

Erickson Family Reunion 2010

Treasure Hunt: they searched for "One-Eyed Ingo's" Loot

Inside was gold coins and LOTS of candy

Grandpa Wayne Erickson

The new Diggs....hooray for Cabela's. p.s. notice my muddy vehicle? We drove through mud on the way up to the cabin. I went off the road 3 times, once into a small pond sideways and once dodged a tip off a cliff and into a stream by inches. It was a true miracle that we made it up safe.

Hail on July 30th? of course.....you are in Wyoming you know

Cabin Trip...just us four

It was quiet and peaceful....yet, kind of creepy.

Summer Is Lovely

Sunscreen, swimming suits, towels and skirts with short sleeves. Mmmmmmm....Summer :)

Dad Busy At Work; Girl's Busy At Play

This is the home that Adam is working on right now. It is here in Laramie......just North of our stake center. It is one of two homes that Asay Design is building right now. The other home is next door (about 10 ft. away) and will be 8000 square feet. Whew! Well, they have 9 kids so I believe they will love having the space in the end. :) Anyway, this is what Adam is working hard on each day. Great job Adam!!!!

It is my sisters' birthday today. She lives in Nasville, TN and so we are celebrating in her honor (or just wanted an excuse to make cupcakes) hahahahaha Happy Birthday Ginger!!!!! Love you.

Charlotte's hair is lightening up again (from the sun exposure) and Savvy is getting super curly locks. These girls are SO much fun to have around. We love being their parents.

P.S. I have worked for a month now at Charlotte's Preschool (Basic Beginning's) and I am REALLY enjoying it. I am their music teacher. I also teach piano there on Mon.'s and Thurs.'s which is such a good experience for me. I love being involved with music again. I couldn't have done this with out my degree in Music and for that, I will be forever grateful.

The Summer Festivities

It turns out that the 4th of July is really neat in Laramie. This year it was on a Sunday so we missed most of the traditional festivities the day of (we really celebrated the day before at Adam's high school reunion B.B.Q in Newcastle).....but we had a superb view of the fireworks from our lawn just outside our master bedroom window. (where we could listen for Savannah) Adam got some really neat shots with the slow shutter speed. Way to go.

Charlotte is enrolled in swim lessons this summer. This is her 2nd session. She does a great "bob" and can float on her back. Good job Charli!!!!

Here is the current status on the Wayne and Suzanne Erickson (in-laws) new home in Newcastle, WY. Their house burned down last year in September. It is now going to be a 3 bedroom 2 and 1/2 bath home with GREAT views (since the fire burned down a bunch of trees). We cannot wait to see this go up and get finished in time for a wonderful Christmas with the Erickson family. Things are looking great.